Re: rhn_register questions

We're using the server because it generates the systemid based on the
secret string in the server's configuration file.  Each time the client
connects, the sysid is checked against the secret string and other
information to make sure that it's authorized to be an anonymous client
- much as that seems like it shouldn't make sense.

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Patrick Devine wrote:

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> I just started playing around with rhn_register again, and I'm wondering 
> why we're bothering to use it while running Current in anonymous mode.  
> The only thing it really does which we need is create a SystemID and 
> write it to a file.  We should be able to accomplish the same thing by 
> writing a fairly trivial script.  Has anyone attempted to do this before?
> 
> After poking through the source code, it seems pretty straight forward.  
> In registerSystem(), doCall() some parameters to the Current server which 
> returns the SystemID.  Does Current return back a unique system id, or is 
> it always the same?
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> --Patrick.
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